36,632
Worldwide verified job cuts ▼ 52% vs January 2026
The main number, every figure traces to a filing or named report.
6,350
🤖 blamed on AI by the employer 17% of the total
AI or automation named as a cause, in the company’s own words.
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Across 219 separate verified layoff events in 24 countries · 8,000 AI-attributed including announced plans.
AI, in the employer’s own words 4 attributions this period, each with its source
This is the receipt behind the number above. Every cut we count as AI carries the company’s own statement, quoted verbatim, and a link to where they said it. Nothing here is inferred.
- Block AI named among the causes
“CFO Amrita Ahuja: cuts position the company to "move faster with smaller, highly talented teams using AI to automate more work." Jack Dorsey (X post, per Fortune): "We're already seeing that the intelligence tools we're creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working." (TechCrunch)”
See the source → - Livspace AI named as the cause
“the workforce reduction was part of a measured, phased transition as the company integrates AI agents and automation across core functions, including sales, design, operations and marketing”
See the source → - Salesforce AI named as the cause
“workforce reductions linked to the growing use of artificial intelligence”
See the source → - Angi Inc. AI named among the causes
“leans on artificial intelligence to improve efficiency”
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Biggest single cuts
| DB Cargo · Germany | 6,200 |
| Heineken | 6,000 |
| Polska Grupa Górnicza · Poland | 5,000 |
| Heineken | 5,000 |
| BASF | 4,800 |